News Published on : 22-Feb-2022 15:57:52

Insurance company By Miles has crunched the data on this. The latest available MOT testing data shows the overall MOT pass rate has in recent times gone up to 76.2% from 74.9% in 2019. The best day of the year to pass in 2020 was Easter Sunday - 12 April (92.9%) and the worst was 5 February (71.5%). Japanese cars top the charts with Lexus leading on 94.1% pass rate. The Vauxhall Vivaro had the worst chance of passing with only eight in 10 (79.7%) making the cut. Sunday (83.3%) is the best day of the week to pass a test with Monday (75%) being the worst. For the fourth year in a row turquoise coloured cars (91.7%) had the best chance of passing with multi-colour (76.5%) being the worst. The top three brands for MoT passes remain unchanged from 2019 but overall MOT pass rates improved slightly in the top five. Mini dropped out of the top brands and made way for Toyota while Suzuki climbed. Four of the top five brands are Japanese. Overall the top five models of 2020 outperformed their counterparts from the year before. Despite the Prius dropping out the top five is Japanese except for the Mercedes Benz GLA. As in 2019 the bottom five consists entirely of European brands. France is home to three of the bottom five brands. Despite the general upward trend of pass rates the four of the bottom five positions did worse in 2020 than 2019. Once again European models make up the entire list. This year four of the new bottom five are vans (though classed as type 4 vehicles for MOT purposes) potentially as a lot of commercial use continued throughout lockdown. The latest data shows a continued decline in average UK mileage with the effects of the pandemic accelerating this annual downward trend. As part of the analysis By Miles also found that the average driver was now covering 557 miles less per year than before the pandemic - 6 533 miles compared to 7 090 in 2019. Top tips for drivers who are using their cars less as a result of the pandemic: Pay-by-mile: If your mileage has reduced to less than 7 000 miles a year then you may be able to save money with a usage-based insurance policy. This means that you ll typically pay an upfront fee to cover the car while it s parked and then a few pennies per mile for what you actually drive. SORN: If you re not going to use your vehicle at all then it might be worth considering a Statutory Off Road Notification or SORN . This means that you tell the DVLA that your car isn t parked or being used on public roads and will save you paying road tax. Ask for a refund: If you re one of the 82% of people who didn t receive a refund for driving a lot less through 2020 then call your insurer up and ask them why. Switch to electric: If you re covering shorter distances or making fewer trips then it could be financially and environmentally beneficial to make the switch to an electric vehicle.